Monivea bog part of widespread illegal turf cutting, report claims
By TONY GALVIN
The Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has published a report entitled ‘Defending Ireland’s Protected Raised Bogs from Illegal Extraction’, which it says shows that at least a third of Ireland’s 53 active raised bog sites have been mechanically cut so far this year and 17 of the 22 protected raised bogs surveyed from the air last week by them have been recently cut.
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